Zee Learn in News

Zee Learn in News

Zee Learn Limited, and its brand ‘Kidzee’, India’s largest network of preschool chain in Asia, was honoured at National Awards for Marketing Excellence 2016. Zee Learn won ‘Marketing Excellence in Education Sector’ award, whereas Kidzee was adjudged with ‘Marketing Communication Business to Business’ award. Both awards were presented to the company as part of a grand award ceremony held in Mumbai.

Zee Learn Limited, a leading player in core education and India’s Most Trusted Diversified Education Brand has announced the appointment of Debshankar Mukhopadhyay as the new Chief Executive Office (CEO). Mr. Mukhopadhyay has taken charge of the company from July 2016. Debshankar comes with over 20 years of experience in educational and financial sector across South Asia. Network and channel development is his forte, along with effective leadership in business and operational management. Prior to this, he was the Head of Educational Sales – Financial Services & Insurance at Manipal Global Education Services. His previous stints have been with Max Life Insurance Co. Ltd, Western Union, Scholastic India, Zee Interactive Learning Systems Ltd and DHL Worldwide. A Commerce Graduate from Kolkata University, Mr. Mukhopadhyay has done Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management, IISWBM, Kolkata. He has also completed various professional workshops like Management Development Program from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management, Service Excellence Training at Western Union, Rome, Certificate course from Indian Institute of Management, Kolkata in Project Management, and Transformational Leadership Program at Indian School of Business, Hyderabad.

According to an official release on March 21, Mumbai headquartered Zee Learn Ltd, one of the leading education companies in India, has secured a place in the list of Most Trusted Education Diversified Brand 2016. The study covering 20,000 brands across 16 cities was led by Trust Research Advisory (TRA). Another feather in the cap for the brand is Kidzee, the largest network of pre-school chain in Asia, which has been ranked no 1 in India’s Most Trusted Brands 2016 list in the pre-school education category in India. This is the third time in a row that Kidzee has been honored with the title and second time for Zee Learn to be part of the distinguished list. The Brand Trust Report 2016, sixth in the series, is the result of a comprehensive primary research created on the proprietary 61-Attribute Trust Matrix of TRA. 2016 research was conducted among 2,500 consumer-influencers across 16 cities tier-I and tier-II cities in India. It generated nearly 6 million data points and 20,000 unique brands, making it the most intensive study on Brand Trust across the globe. Apart from Kidzee being the leader in pre-school space, other category leaders who share the same platform are KFC (retail), Airtel (telecom), and SpiceJet (airlines), ICICI Bank (banking, financial services and insurance), Bharat Gas (energy), Pepsi (F&B), Dabur (healthcare), Google (internet), and Amitabh Bachchan (personalities). Zee Learn is a leading education company in India, with over 1550+ Kidzee centres and ever growing chain of K-12 schools – Mount Litera Zee School (MLZS) with 89 schools in 75 cities. MLZS is now the second largest chain of schools in the private-unaided category, the strong portfolio of Zee Learn also boasts its IB School – Mount litera School International located in Mumbai. Kidzee is market leader in Early Childhood Care and Education with a reach in over 550 cities across the depths of India. Nurturing the unique potential of over 4,00,000 kids and training them in school readiness through Kidzee’s exclusive pedagogy Interactive iLLUME, sets the brand apart from other educational institutions. On the All India Ranking chart, Kidzee stands at 424 amongst top 1000 brands surveyed by TRA. Commenting on the accomplishment, Abhinav Upadhyay, Head Marketing & Innovation, Zee Learn said, “It’s an honor for Zee Learn and Kidzee to be recognised by such a prestigious research body. We thank all our parents who have recognized, understand and value what Zee Learn offers to their kids. Appearing first on this list of Most Trusted Pre- School Brand for the third time and Most Diversified Education Brand is a gratitude and rationale from parents across the country. Receiving such appreciation makes us feel proud, it also encourages us to continue to innovate in marketing and brand building efforts and drive excellence across all domains.” Kidzee is the largest preschool chain in Asia and pioneer in Early Childhood Care and Education. For more information, log onto www.kidzee.com. Headquartered in Mumbai, Zee Learn is one of the leading education companies in India